The latest rankings have come in from NPD BookScan via ICv2 as to what’s selling during the month of June for superhero books. The deluxe hardcover edition of Detective Comics #1000 may not be the traditional graphic novel but it works and it took the top spot here as part of its anniversary. DC Comics also sees Watchmen charting along with Batman: Hush and Batman: The Killing Joke. Vertigo also slides a few titles in with V for Vendetta along with The Dreaming and The Sandman. The Black Label side also added Batman: White Knight which brings DCs count to eight.
Marvel has seven titles that includes familiar properties like Infinity Gauntlet and Ms. Marvel along with some new Spider-Man works along with The Immortal Hulk and Star Wars: Doctor Aphra.
Check out the full slate below!
NPD BookScan Top 20 ‘Superhero’ Graphic Novels – June 2019 (6/2/19 – 7/6/19) | |||
Rank | Title | Author | Publisher |
1 | DETECTIVE COMICS #1000: THE DLX. ED. HC | VARIOUS | DC COMICS |
2 | STRANGER THINGS: THE OTHER SIDE VOL. 1 | JODY HOUSER | DARK HORSE COMICS |
3 | INFINITY GAUNTLET | JIM STARLIN | MARVEL COMICS |
4 | WATCHMEN | ALAN MOORE | DC COMICS |
5 | MS. MARVEL VOL. 1 | G. WILLOW WILSON | MARVEL COMICS |
6 | RICK AND MORTY VS. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS | PATRICK ROTHFUSS | IDW PUBLISHING |
7 | THE SANDMAN VOL. 1: PRELUDES & NOCTURNES 30TH ANN. ED. | NEIL GAIMAN | VERTIGO |
8 | THE LEGEND OF KORRA: RUINS OF THE EMPIRE PART ONE | MICHAEL DANTE DIMARTINO | DARK HORSE COMICS |
9 | GODZILLA AFTERSHOCK HC | ARVID NELSON | LEGENDARY COMICS |
10 | SPIDER-MAN NOIR: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION | DAVID HINE | MARVEL COMICS |
11 | BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX. ED. HC | ALAN MOORE | DC COMICS |
12 | GODZILLA AFTERSHOCK VARIANT: EXCLUSIVE ART ADAMS COVER HC | ARVID NELSON | LEGENDARY COMICS |
13 | BATMAN: WHITE KNIGHT | SEAN MURPHY | DC BLACK LABEL |
14 | BATMAN: HUSH | JEPH LOEB | DC COMICS |
15 | THE DREAMING VOL. 1: PATHWAYS AND EMANATIONS | SIMON SPURRIER | VERTIGO |
16 | SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES VOL. 1 | BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS | MARVEL COMICS |
17 | STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA VOL. 5: WORST AMONG EQUALS | SIMON SPURRIER | MARVEL COMICS |
18 | V FOR VENDETTA | ALAN MOORE | VERTIGO |
19 | SPIDER-GEDDON | CHRISTOS GAGE | MARVEL COMICS |
20 | IMMORTAL HULK VOL. 1: OR IS HE BOTH? | AL EWING | MARVEL COMICS |
Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |